FCA Christmas Semi-Formal - DON'T MISS IT!

This is it folks... THE party of the year.

FCA Annual Christmas Semi-Formal

Sunday December 3rd
7:30Pm
MOTT House
203 Wyckoff Ave
CLICK HERE for MAP!

- Dance lessons provided by Kolby Hoover (so you think you can't polka?...it's BYOB: bring-your-own-bootay)
- Singing of Christmas Carols (it's that time of year!)
- FOOD (snacks provided..and these won't be your average chips and dip... AMEN)
- Fellowship

Come celebrate the Christmas season with your FCA family!

Dancing Machines of 2005



Eggnog and punch will be provided...

FCA Shirts - are here! *Come to the Nov. 30th meeting...

Hey gang... here's the scoop. Our shirts arrived to Cornell from a screen printing shop in lovely southeastern Pennsylvania. Yes, I do say, lovely Pennsylvania.


*Pickup your shirt at our last FCA meeting this THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30th. (see below post) - if not, they will be available for pickup at the FCA formal on Sunday.

T-shirts cost $7 and hood sweatshirts $15. If you ordered both, come to the meeting with 25 bucks and you'll have plenty of mula. *Checks are okay, so bring cash or checkbook. Sorry, we don't take plastic. :)

FYI - in order to cover costs, we need the $mula$ before we can hand over the shirts... so PLEASE remember to bring some money, because we'd love to get the shirts out ASAP. Gotta spread them allll over campus too.

*If you can't remember what you ordered (tshirt or hooded sweatshirt or both?) then refer to the e-mail you'll receive this week from RachAel. There is a spreadsheet attached to the e-mail.

Thursday Night Lights - Last regular meeting of the semester! (MTG 11/30 @ 9PM)

Even if you haven't made it to an FCA meeting allllll semester - you are still more than welcome to join us!!! Thursday we'll have our last regular meeting of the fall '06 semester... hard to believe we've come this far already!

Thursday Night Lights
9:00PM or 2100
Hall of Fame Room - Schoellkopf Field House

Potentially this could be a duel-speaker meeting... possibly Chuck Tompkins and the well-known "Louie" too. Snacks will be snacked and songs will be sung. So come. :-)

Happy Thanksgiving!

Many many many blessings to you members of the Cornell FCA family.

May the Lord continue to bless you, and may you recognize and offer gratitude for the tremendous ways in which the Light shines in your life. Enjoy the time with your beloveds, travel safely, and look forward to a fantastic final FCA week...

Regular FCA Meeting on Thursday, November 30th

Don't forget!
FCA Semi-Formal
7:30PM MOTT House (203 Wyckoff)
on Sunday, December 3rd

Pastor's Business Card

The new pastor was visiting in the homes of his parishioners. 
At one house it seemed obvious that someone was at home, 
but no answer came to his repeated knocks at the door. 

Therefore, he took out a business card and wrote "Revelation 3:20" 
on the back of it and stuck it in the door. 

When the offering was processed the following Sunday, 
he found that his card had been returned. 
Added to it was this cryptic message, "Genesis 3:10." 

Reaching for his Bible to check out the citation, 
he broke up in gales of laughter. 
Revelation 3:20 begins "Behold, I stand at the door and knock." 

Genesis 3:10 reads, 
"I heard your voice in the garden and 
I was afraid for I was naked." 

Announcements / Events to Keep in Mind

Nobody can claim boredom this weekend... check out all the great stuff to do!!!

Operation Christmas Child SHOPPING TRIP: Saturday, November 18... 1PM
*Contact Ben bbd4@cornell.edu; boxes are due this Sunday at Bethel Grove

Chosen Generation Gospel Choir CONCERT: Saturday, November 18 ...6:30PM Risley
*Free admission!

Campus On A Hill (COAH) sponsored CONCERT: Saturday, November 18 ...7:00PM Anabel Taylor Hall
*Featuring Praise Alive and Broken Gate, pastor's message and student testimony

Cortland State FCA Invites us to ICE SKATE: Sunday, November 19 ... 1-3PM Skate; Fellowship afterwards; $6 for skate rental
*Contact kth24@cornell.edu for details

FCA Semi-formal: Sunday, December 3rd 7:30PM at the MOTT House
*Very very fun annual event... dress fancy and dance all night. We'll be having a slipper contest (no shoes allowed on the MOTT's hardwood floors) and there will be munchies provided.

Thursday Night Lights - BG Representin' AGAIN! (MTG 11/16 @ 9PM)

Thursday Night Lights
9:00PM or 2100
Schoellkopff Fieldhouse

Guest Speaker: Pastor Dave Jones

Praise God for American Veterans

We are the land of the free, because of the brave.
Our God-given right is to worship the Lord freely, without being suppressed or persecuted. Hundreds of thousands of people have volunteered to protect that right for us.

Please make time this weekend to THANK A VETERAN... someone who willingly offered their life to protect yours. Our nation would not be as it is, were it not for the men and women who served to protect our American way of life. November 11th is Veteran's Day, and EVERY day is one in which to be grateful to those who protect our freedom to worship the Lord in safety.

Freedom of Religion in the
First Amendment To
The Constitution of The United States

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or
prohibiting the free exercise thereof...

Praise GOD for those who volunteer to serve our country in His name.
Thank you especially to our FCA members in Cornell Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC).

Hope ... according to the G.O.D. (and Eric Hause)

THANK YOU Eric for delivering such an inspiring message - based on our own beloved Bible. The word of God really shined last night at FCA...

Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand.

And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God.
Not only so, but we also rejoice in our sufferings,
because we know that suffering produces perseverance;
perseverance produces character;
and character produces hope.
And hope does not disappoint us,
because God has poured out his love
into our hearts by the Holy Spirit,
whom he has given us.

Romans 5:1-5

Thursday Night Lights - BG Representin' (MTG 11/9 @ 9PM)

Hey all you BG fans - one of your own is coming to FCA this week!

THURSDAY NIGHT LIGHTS
9:00PM / 2100 hours
Schoellkopff Hall of Fame Room

Guest Speaker: Eric Hause
Youth Pastor

Bethel Grove Bible Church


(No Picture of the real Eric Hause Available)

(This is actually a photo of Ben Dunning dumping too many sprinkles on his official FCA ice cream sundae... Ben will be out of town this week, so I've posted this in his honor... he actually works with the BG youth group - so it's a relevant photo. For sure.)

Sporty Bible Quotes

Let us run the race that is before us and never give up.
Hebrews 12:1

From Paul, the super-athlete:

Do you not know that the runners in the stadium all run in the race, but only one wins the prize? Run so as to win. Every athlete exercises discipline in every way. They do it to win a perishable crown, but we an imperishable one. Thus I do not run aimlessly; I do not fight as if I were shadowboxing. No, I drive my body and train it, for fear that, after having preached to others, I myself should be disqualified."

1 Corinthians 9:24-27

Operation Christmas Child - Boxes due at Nov. 16th FCA meeting

Operation Christmas Child:
Help Cornell FCA Help Bethel Grove Bible Church Help Needy Kids Around the World!!

Click here for info!

Have any empty shoeboxes sitting in your closet? Here's a fabulous way to use it. Spend a few bucks on small toys that will fit inside the shoebox (think "Christmas in a box" for a child of a certain age) and then bring your filled box to FCA by November 16th. We'll collect them and team up with the Bethel Grove Bible Church crowd, who is sending a whole bunch to less fortunate children this Christmas season. Your toy box could end up on the other side of the world!

Things to Know:
- You can also use a small plastic container; fancy Christmas wrapping is not required.
- Determine whether your gift is for a boy or girl, and determine the appropriate age category for your gift box: age 2-4; age 5-9; or age 10-14. We'll hook you up with a way to label your package.
- Gift ideas include small toys (i.e. stuffed animals, dolls, balls, jump ropes, etc), school supplies, hygiene items, candy, a personal note ...
- If you include a note with the package, and your return address, the recipient will likely write back to you! How cool is that?

*Bring your filled box to FCA by our NOVEMBER 16th Meeting!!!

SUCCESS!!! t-shirts and sweatshirts ordered

In case you've been wondering...

So we've been milkin' this FCA shirt thing for all it's worth... now the order is finally in! We experienced some technical difficulties communicating with our shirt-man - but now we're "good to go." We should be hugging-one-another-in-exultation-while-wearing-our-FCA-shirts by December!

FYI - we ordered a few extras in every size - thought of the folks who weren't able to place an order in advance. So don't worry - we've gotcha covered!